A South Carolina death row inmate, Brad Sigmon, has opted to be executed by firing squad, becoming the fourth inmate in the U.S. to die by this method. Sigmon, convicted of the 2001 baseball bat killings of his ex-girlfriend’s parents, chose firing squad over lethal injection or the electric chair due to concerns over prolonged suffering. He has one final appeal pending before the state Supreme Court, with his lawyers arguing his trial lawyers were ineffective in presenting mitigating factors.
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California man arrested after alleged threat to bomb Coachella
Local police in California arrested 40-year-old Davis Darvish on Saturday for threatening a bombing at the Coachella Music & Arts Festival after he approached security at the Agua Caliente Casino. Although no weapons or explosives were found during his detention, police quickly utilized automated license plate recognition technology to track his vehicle, leading to his arrest in Palm Springs about an hour later. Darvish is currently held at the John Benoit Detention Center in Indio...
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